October 20, 2017 Educator Blog Post

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October 30th PD Day
Here is all you need to know about our General Education PD on October 30!  Please review the information in the document, so you have all you need to plan a wonderful day of learning!  

*Feel free to dress in costume!


Number Talks in TK at Diamond Creek

If you are going to teach about the crusades, this is definitely the best way to dress (at Buljan).
iReady Cycle
Just a reminder that the iReady testing cycle is October 23rd -November 17th.  The start date might vary by school site, principals will be communicating if it is different than October 23rd.

Genius Hour in 4th and 5th Grade at Cirby
Heat transfer and engineering at Cooley.

Report Cards
A reminder you can find all dates regarding report card dates using the tab above on this blog.  Grades are due in PowerSchool by Wednesday, November 15th at 11:59pm.  We will have more information in the next blog regarding help desk hours the weekend before grades are due.  


ELA Guide for Reporting TBL for Report Cards (K-5th)
  • Shared folder will contain Grade Level Expectations for reporting TBL based on Trimester District Assessments. 
  • Use Benchmark Formative Assessments to assist in reporting TBL for report cards as well
Catapults and Simple Machines at Kaseberg
Solving a mystery in Spanish class at Eich

PD Opportunities
The San Francisco 49ers offer free teacher professional development in the areas of Project Based Learning, STEAM Integration, and Engineering & Design Process.  See the attached flyer for more details.

What makes volcanoes explode in 4th grade at Orchard Ranch
Building windmills in PLTW at Chilton.

Interesting Articles We Read
A Call for Common Sense Reading Instruction- Pernille Ripp
Pernille Ripp: Ideas for How to do Book Clubs Better- Pernille Ripp

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